Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
The first thing I thought when I heard the name "HeadBangers Haven" was nice, it'll have a banging look to it. When I visited it, it was a very boring, simple looking theme which disappointed me a little. I just thought that a light grey theme would've gone better with the whole Headbangers theme. The banner also, in my opinion needs a lot of work. It should blend in with the background and I thought that the banner should've have had some sort of transparent background and red text to make it look better. What I really liked about the theme was the slightly darker shade when the forum was listing it's sub-forums. The appearance it alright, but needs work on.
(Scored 12/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
The portal was a nice touch to the whole site layout, but I really think that you could've made the portal a bit more organized. I really think that there is simply way to much information in the portal and it could be reduced. Just try keeping the most important things in the portal.
Overall, the layout of the forums is nice. There are plenty of forums, and subforums for the members to post in, but one thing that stood out was that some forums had descriptions, and some didnt. I really thought that you should've gone that extra mile and added in those forum descriptions.
(Scored 14/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
For a forum that has been open for about 6 years, the activity level is very very poor. In the 6 years you have been operating, you've only managed to come up with "
38,534 Posts,
3,755 Topics &
457 Members". On average, new forums can pull off 40k + posts in less than a year.
(Scored 2/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
It was very very difficult knowing who was who. From what I think, the "Manager" ranked members are the admins and the purple colored members are mods, so I will marked you based on those 4 members I saw. The admins did a great job moderating the forums, aswell as the purple ranked members. I really think that a staff team of 4 members is not much for a forum with 400+ members. I recommend hiring way more staff. A reasonable amount would be around 4 more. From what I saw, the staff of Headbangers Haven welcome members in a nice fashion and make the new members feel more welcomed. Good job with the overall staff moderation.
(Scored 17/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
Alright, well the spelling and grammar of the posts & professionalism is bad. For example: "
welcome to the new Headbangers Haven!
use this section to introduce
youselves". I really think that you should take your time when posting so you do not come across common errors. The bold text in the quote above shows the errors you made in that one post. The list of errors in posts across the forum can go on, but I just picked one of the many errors. First of all, when starting a sentence, the first letter should always be capitalized. Second, you spelled youselves rather than yourselves. The Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism need much work on. I would recommend taking your time when posting.
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(Scored 8/20)
Total Score - (53 Out of 100)
Final Remarks:
What was most liked about the website/forums: I really liked the fact that your staff was very welcoming to the community.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: I really disliked the lack of professionalism & spelling/grammar.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? A more appealing theme would be very good. All the themes that you have are really bad. I suggest changing forum software for better theme choices or getting a custom one made.
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